Weisman: Obama is among the worst presidents

Comment

Milford Daily News

Writer

Posted Jul. 15, 2014 at 2:35 AM

Posted Jul. 15, 2014 at 2:35 AM

» Social News

Your Opinion article, "Assessing Obama," (July 13) is showing some strain on your part. It looks to me that you are striving harder and harder to continue to write a positive report on this president, and I sympathize with your effort. You wrote, "Democrats’ blind ardor for Obama mostly wore off years ago; they see him as a politician, not a savior." In my opinion, much of the "blind ardor" prior to and during his first term came from the media. Writers with negative views had a much harder time getting published than the great majority in the media who saw him as the new and shining Great Leader. I think a lot of self-hypnosis was involved. And now that the sheen has worn off and he can be seen as what he really is, just another politician with a gift of gab, those in the media are scrambling to justify their earlier illogical exuberance.

While you say that Obama is the best president since you’ve been paying attention, I say the opposite. He is one of the worst. Let me paraphrase an old joke: Question - How can you tell if the president is lying? Answer - His lips are moving. The mendacity of this president is far greater than any since I’ve been paying attention. "If you like your doctor, you can keep him." "If you like your policy, you can keep it." "Obamacare will save money." "The killing of our four people in Benghazi was caused by a nasty video." "There is not even a smidgeon of corruption in the IRS." He is also perhaps the most political president I can recall. Everything he says and does has a political goal; it is well-thought-out for the good of the party, not the country.

Finally, he ran on a platform of offering the most open, visible presidency in history. Instead, as your own editorial in [July 13th's] paper, "Transparency Needed," points out, journalists are often frustrated at the lack of access to information. Just another of his many lies.